The Importance Of Compassion In To Kill A Mockingbird

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In the Novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee uses skin color, lifestyle, and jobs to symbolize judgment cast upon others. She talks about how you shouldn’t judge people you know nothing about. This is supported by the in the Article “Compassion and Understanding by George Marotous and Merren Ward where it states "In contrast to the evil and injustice depicted in the novel Harper Lee expounds the importance of compassion by providing many examples of compassion and understanding in the novel.
The most important lesson Scout and Jem learn comes from Atticus, the lesson of compassion.” This goes along with the theme of judgment and overcoming it to understand the person.
According to Atticus, "You never really understand a person until you consider

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